Hi everyone John back here again Who is selling the tape drive that internally attaches to the computer can they answer a quick question for me
Is the tape drive an I.D.E. device connection Thanks please get back to me Thanks from John and guide dog Iris E-mail Address: johnathanrichards @ blueyonder.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schwery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 4:49 AM Subject: Fwd: Read and write audio cassettes on a pc > This looks interesting. Here is a cassette drive that one installs into a pc. > > Text of forwarded message follows: > > > >>Subject: Read and write audio cassettes on a pc > >>http://www.computeramerica.com/content/columns/craig/2004/2004-10-25.htm > >>> > >>>Craig Crossman, National Newspaper Computer Columnist > >>> > >>>CASSETTES ARE NEVER COMING BACK > >>> > >>>We live in a digital age and no where is that more apparent than in the > >>>world of recorded music. Analog media such as vinyl records and cassette > >>>tapes are all but extinct. Walk in to any record store today and all you > >>>see are CDs and DVDs. MP3 music files stream over the Internet, to be > >>>down loaded in to tiny MP3 players we carry in our pockets, stored on > >>>hard disk drives in our computers and burned onto optical media to be > >>>played on our stereo equipment. > >>>Yet you are out there and you all know who you are. You're the ones that > >>>still have a huge music collection of hundreds, even thousands of > >>>cassette tapes stored in closets, in storage boxes, or stacked neatly on > >>>tiny little shelves in some kind of display case. And while you may > >>>still locate some one to maintain your antique cassette player, you know > >>>that eventually your valuable collection is doomed to go the way of the > >>>78 RPM record and 8 Track tape. And that doesn't even factor in the fact > ape inside all of your cassettes will eventually > >>>decompose and become useless any way. > >>>But fear not as there remains hope for your rapidly deteriorating > >>>cassette tape collection. Now there is the PlusDeck 2 made by BTO which > >>>stands for Beyond The Ordinary. The PlusDeck 2 is a fully functional > >>>cassette deck for your personal computer. The PlusDeck 2 is an internal > >>>drive that fits in to one of the available 5.25 drive bays inside your > >>>PC. After installat>>>PC. After installation, you simply insert a cassette in to the drive. > >>>The included recording software allows you to transfer all of the music > >>>from the cassette directly to your computer's hard drive and converts it > >>>in to MP3 or WAV files. Once converted, you can do any thing with the > >>>files that you can do with any other digitally encoded music. > >>>The entire process of transferring a tape's contents to the computer > >>>only requires a few clicks of the mouse. Part of what makes it easy to > >>>convert the entire contents of a single tape is that the PlusDeck 2 > >>>plays and records with Auto Reverse. You can easily play or record on > >>>sides A and B of the tape without ejecting it. On the down side, > >>>according to the company there is no support for cassettes that used > >>>some of the more advanced recording tape such as chrome or metal tapes. > >>>And tapes encoded with Dolby Noise Reduction are not supported either. > >>>However, you should be able to compensate for some of the loss of > >>>frequency response by using most any digital recording software that > >>>offers graphic equalization and sound filters. > >>>But even though the PlusDeck 2 falls a bit short, it's still a viable > >>>option if you own a large collection of music on cassettes. Plus you can > >>>use the PlusDeck 2 as a standard cassette player. Just pop one in and > >>>listen to the music directly from the tape through your PC's speakers. > >>>And if you just can't ever let go of the medium, you can actually take > >>>all of your computer's audio files and record them on to blank cassettes > >>>you insert in to the PlusDeck 2 if you can still find any. With the > >>>PlusDeck 2, at least you'll be able to play, store, preserve and enhance > >>>your cassette tape collection and bring your whole cassette library in > >>>to the standards of the present day. $149.99. > >>>http://www.plusdeck.com > >>>Craig Crossman is a Knight Ridder newspaper columnist writing about > >>>computers and technology. He also hosts the nation's longest running > >>>nationally syndicated radio talk show on computers and technology, > >>>Computer America, heard on the Business Talk Radio net work week nights > >>>at 10PM ET. In South Florida, you can hear a rebroadcast of a selected > >>>Computer America show each Sunday evening at 8PM ET on WJNO 1290AM. > > > End of forwarded message text: > > John > > Very funny Scotty ... now beam down my clothes ! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
